Multilayer, restorable protective furniture pads

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure relates to improved furniture pads that provide an opportunity to repair the connection between the pad and a furniture surface, the integrity of the pad, or both. In some instances, this can be accomplished by providing a pad comprising multiple pad bodies, each of which can has a protective surface. The pad bodies can be stacked or removed depending on the relationship between the furniture and the floor. In other instances, multiple adhesive layers are arranged on the top surface of a protective pad body, allowing for an adhesive bond to be refreshed and restored if the pad fails.

SUMMARY

Protecting a floor from markings caused by contacting furniture hastraditionally been accomplished with felt or plastic pads. Whilegenerally satisfactory for their purpose, each has been associated withits share of problems. One problem associated with felt pads is thecoupling to a piece of furniture with either adhesive or otherwise tackysurfaces. Such felt pads may easily peel from the furniture as thefurniture is repeatedly slid across a floor or may permanently bond toleg after compression, causing user frustration.

Furthermore, the adhesives typically used are not repositionable,meaning that the pad cannot be repeatedly reapplied to the leg shouldshift or other displacement occur.

Another problem often encountered with felt pads is that the softmaterial may not offer sufficient resistance to shear. The materialitself can demonstrate a tendency to break down by layers or otherwisedeform, especially when moving heavy furniture over uneven floors. Thisis a cause for premature wear of the pad.

Another problem associated with plastic pads, such as nylon or similarsolid plastic material is its application to furniture with a screw,nail or other metal fastener that must be driven into the furniture,thus damaging the furniture. This problem is compounded when changingthe pad is desired. In such instance, the fastener must again be driveninto the same portion of the furniture, thus further degrading theintegrity of the furniture and perhaps creating splinters and strippingwood finish. Another limitation of current, hard plastic floorprotectors is their propensity to strip finish from hard floors orotherwise mark the hard floor surface with which they contact.

The inventors of the present disclosure recognized that the existingfurniture pads could be improved or enhanced by providing an opportunityto repair the connection between the pad and furniture surface, theintegrity of the pad, or both. In some instances, this can beaccomplished by providing a pad comprising multiple pad bodies, each ofwhich can has a protective surface. The pad bodies can be stacked orremoved depending on the relationship between the furniture and thefloor. In other instances, enhancing existing pads calls for multipleadhesive layers to be arranged on the top surface of a protective padbody, allowing for an adhesive bond to be refreshed and restored if thepad fails.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a furniture padcomprising a first pad body comprising a first protective element; asecond pad body comprising a second protective element; and a third padbody comprising a third protective element, wherein the first and secondpad bodies are coupled by a first detachable interface, and wherein thesecond and third pad bodies are coupled by a second detachableinterface.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a furniture padcomprising a first pad body comprising a first protective element havinga first major surface and second major surface; and a plurality ofadhesive layers arranged in a vertical stack above the first majorsurface. In some embodiments, each adhesive layer of the plurality ofadhesive layers is separated from an adjacent adhesive layer by arelease liner.

As used herein, “layer” means a single stratum that may be continuous ordiscontinuous over a surface.

As used herein, the terms, “height”, “depth”, “top” and “bottom” are forillustrative purposes only, and do not necessarily define theorientation or the relationship between the surface and the intrusivefeature. Accordingly, the terms “height” and “depth”, as well as “top”and “bottom” should be considered interchangeable.

The terms “comprises” and variations thereof do not have a limitingmeaning where these terms appear in the description and claims.

The words “preferred” and “preferably” refer to embodiments of theinvention that may afford certain benefits, under certain circumstances.However, other embodiments may also be preferred, under the same orother circumstances. Furthermore, the recitation of one or morepreferred embodiments does not imply that other embodiments are notuseful and is not intended to exclude other embodiments from the scopeof the invention.

As recited herein, all numbers should be considered modified by the term“about”.

As used herein, “a”, “an”, “the”, “at least one”, and “one or more” areused interchangeably. Thus, for example, a core comprising “a” patternof recesses can be interpreted as a core comprising “one or more”patterns.

Also herein, the recitations of numerical ranges by endpoints includeall numbers subsumed within that range (e.g., 1 to 5 includes 1, 1.5, 2,2.75, 3, 3.80, 4, 5, etc.).

As used herein as a modifier to a property or attribute, the term“generally”, unless otherwise specifically defined, means that theproperty or attribute would be readily recognizable by a person ofordinary skill but without requiring absolute precision or a perfectmatch (e.g., within +/−20% for quantifiable properties). The term“substantially”, unless otherwise specifically defined, means to a highdegree of approximation (e.g., within +/−10% for quantifiableproperties) but again without requiring absolute precision or a perfectmatch. Terms such as same, equal, uniform, constant, strictly, and thelike, are understood to be within the usual tolerances or measuringerror applicable to the particular circumstance rather than requiringabsolute precision or a perfect match.

The above summary of the present disclosure is not intended to describeeach disclosed embodiment or every implementation of the presentinvention. The description that follows more particularly exemplifiesillustrative embodiments. In several places throughout the application,guidance is provided through lists of examples, which examples can beused in various combinations. In each instance, the recited list servesonly as a representative group and should not be interpreted as anexhaustive list.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a side plan view of one embodiment of an exemplary furniturepad of the type generally described herein;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the adhesive article of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a depiction of the furniture pad of FIGS. 1-2 as applied andadjusted;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of an exemplaryfurniture pad; and

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the adhesive article of FIG. 4.

Layers in certain depicted embodiments are for illustrative purposesonly and are not intended to absolutely define the thickness, relativeor otherwise, or the absolute location of any component. While theabove-identified figures set forth several embodiments of the disclosureother embodiments are also contemplated, as noted in the description. Inall cases, this disclosure is presented by way of representation and notlimitation. It should be understood that numerous other modificationsand embodiments can be devised by those skilled in the art, which fallwithin the scope and spirit of the principles of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various embodiments and implementations will be described in detail.These embodiments should not be construed as limiting the scope of thepresent application in any manner, and changes and modifications may bemade without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventions.Further, only some end uses have been discussed herein, but end uses notspecifically described herein are included within the scope of thepresent application. As such, the scope of the present applicationshould be determined by the claims.

FIGS. 1 and 2 depict an exemplary embodiment of a furniture pad 100 asgenerally described herein. The furniture pad 100 includes an attachmentsurface 102 on the top major surface and a protective surface 104 on thebottom major surface. The furniture pad 100 includes a first pad body110, a second pad body 120, and a third pad body 130. The individual padbodies 110, 120, 130 are releasably coupled to one another, creating astack of elements that define the furniture pad 100.

As seen in FIG. 1, the pad 100 has a generally circular or disc shape,with each distinct pad body 110, 120, 130 including the samethree-dimensional shape. The shape of the pad 100 is not particularlylimited, however, and can include any suitable shape or combination ofshapes. In some embodiments, for instance, the pad 100 can berectangular (which includes a square). In other embodiments, one of thepad bodies 110, 120, 130 may be rectangular, while one or both of theremaining bodies may be circular. Other combinations of shapes arecontemplated for use amongst different categories of furniture. The baseof the protective pad may be straight or have curved edges to reducedrag or wear on certain floor substrates.

Though pad 100 as depicted includes three distinct pad bodies 110, 120,130, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the furniture pads ofthe present disclosure can include more or fewer pad bodies as desired.For instance, it may be possible to realize at least some of the certainbenefits of the disclosure with two pad bodies. In presently preferredimplementations, however, the furniture pad includes three or more padbodies.

Each pad body includes a protective element adapted to prevent wear onflooring and/or space a leg from the ground. The protective element isdesigned to lie between a furniture leg and the floor to preventscratching or wear on the floor as the furniture leg rests or movesalong the floor surface (See, e.g., FIG. 3 below). The protectiveelement 112 of pad body 110 includes a top surface 114 arranged inproximity to pad body 120 and a bottom surface 116 adapted to engage orbe positioned adjacent the floor.

The protective element typically includes felt, woven or knitted fabricor cloth, scratch-resistant material such as polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE), polypropylene or polyethylene, or other resilient materials suchas rubber, nonwovens, and foam. The felt, cloth, and nonwovens may bemade using any size fibers or fibers made from any material known in theart. Fibers used in felt or nonwovens may be derived from biologicalsources such as linen or wool. Felt or nonwovens may be made usingsynthetic fibers including but not limited to polyethylene terephthalate(PET), polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, or other polyesters. Felt ornonwovens made from biological sources may also be used either alone orin combination with other fibers made from synthetic materials such aspolyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), nylon, orother polyester fibers. The fibers may or may not be reinforced usingadditives such as microspheres or polymer resin or reinforced usingthermal treatments.

Single layer combinations of the above materials such as nonwovens orfabric reinforced with polymer resins are also anticipated. Theprotective element 112 may be a single continuous layer of material, ormay include multiple materials arranged in one or more layers. Forexample, a protective element may include a scrim or shock absorbingelement, as described in European Patent No. EP1529464.

In the specific embodiment of FIGS. 1 & 2, the first protective elementincludes a single layer of material having a thickness “T”, thoughmultilayer or multi-material constructions are also contemplated asdescribed above. In some embodiments, the element has a thickness “T” ofbetween about 2 mils and about 1000 mils. In some embodiments, theprotective element has a thickness of greater than 35 mils. In someembodiments, the core has a thickness of greater than 110 mils. Theprotective elements of any given set of pad bodies may have the samethickness. Alternatively, one of the protective elements may thickerthan the others, with the third pad body (or other body nearest the topof the stack) including a thicker protective element than either thefirst or second bodies. Such a construction can allow for reducedchanges in the height of the pad as bodies are removed during the pad'suseful life.

The bottom surface 116 of the first pad body 110 (i.e., protectivesurface 104 of the pad 100) may be coated with a layer of a low frictionmaterial 170, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon,polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyoxymethylene and mixtures thereof.One or both of the second and third pad bodies 120, 130, may also becoated with a layer of a low friction material 170.

The pad bodies can be connected to each other at detachable interfaces,with the first pad body coupled to the second pad body 120 at a firstdetachable interface 150 and the second pad body connected to the thirdpad body at a second detachable interface 160.

The detachable interfaces 150, 160 can include any known or developedreusable or non-reusable connector for connecting the pad bodies. Thedetachable interface permits the separation and connection of the givenpad bodies along a general plane. In some embodiments, the detachableinterface can include, for example, a mechanical type fastener includingan interlocking system, an intermeshing system having connection withoutmacroscopic mechanical deformation or interference, a releasable contactresponsive fastener, a splittable construction, and the like. In otherembodiments, the interface includes one or more layers of an adhesive,gel, or gel adhesive bound by covalent bonding, ionic bonding, hydrogenbonding, and/or van der Waals forces.

In some embodiments, one or both detachable interfaces 150, 160 includean adhesive. In some embodiments, the detachable interface includes apressure-sensitive adhesive. A general description of useful pressuresensitive adhesives may be found in the Encyclopedia of Polymer Scienceand Engineering, Vol. 13, Wiley-Interscience Publishers (New York,1988). Additional description of useful pressure-sensitive adhesives maybe found in the Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, Vol. 1,Interscience Publishers (New York, 1964). Pressure sensitive adhesivecompositions are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art topossess properties including the following: (1) tack, (2) adherence withno more than finger pressure, (3) sufficient ability to hold onto anadherend, and (4) sufficient cohesive strength to be cleanly removablefrom the adherend. Materials that have been found to function well aspressure sensitive adhesives are polymers designed and formulated toexhibit the requisite viscoelastic properties resulting in a desiredbalance of tack, peel adhesion, and shear holding power. Suitable PSAsmay be based on crosslinked or non-crosslinked (meth)acrylics, rubbers,thermoplastic elastomers, silicones, polyurethanes, and the like, andmay include tackifiers in order to provide the desired tack, as well asother additives. In some embodiments, the PSA is based on a(meth)acrylic PSA or at least one poly(meth)acrylate, where(meth)acrylate refers to both acrylate and methacrylate groups. In someembodiments, the PSA is an olefin block copolymer based adhesive. Insome embodiments, the PSA is an adhesive based on styrenic blockcopolymers or copolymers of styrene and hydrogenated, partiallyhydrogenated, or non-hydrogenated dienes such as butadiene or isoprene.Acrylic based pressure sensitive adhesives are described in U.S. Pat.No. 4,726,982 (Traynor et al.) and in U.S. Pat. No. 5,965,256 (Barrera),for example. Silicone based pressure sensitive adhesives are describedin U.S. Pat. No. 6,730,397 (Melancon et al.) and U.S. Pat. No. 5,082,706(Tangney), for example. Polyurethane based pressure sensitive adhesivesare described in U.S. Pat. Appl. Pub. No. 2005/0137375 (Hansen et al.),for example. Olefin block copolymer based pressure sensitive adhesivesare described in U.S. Pat. Appl. Pub. No. 2014/0335299 (Wang et al.),for example.

Generally, any known additives useful in the formulation of adhesivesmay also be included in an adhesive based detachable interface.Additives include plasticizers, anti-aging agents, ultravioletstabilizers, colorants, thermal stabilizers, anti-infective agents,fillers, crosslinkers, as well as mixtures and combinations thereof. Incertain embodiments, the adhesive can be reinforced with fibers or afiber scrim which may include inorganic and/or organic fibers. Suitablefiber scrims may include woven-, non-woven or knit webs or scrims. Forexample, the fibers in the scrim may include wire, ceramic fiber, glassfiber (for example, fiberglass), and organic fibers (for example,natural and/or synthetic organic fibers).

A detachable interface may include a plurality of adhesive layers. Forexample, the interface may include a relatively stiff rubber basedadhesive as an inner layer, with a softer acrylic based PSA disposedbetween the inner layer and the adjacent pad body or bodies. As anotherexample, the interface may include a relatively soft acrylic basedadhesive as an inner layer, with a relatively stiffer rubber basedadhesive disposed between the inner layer and the adjacent pad body. Thecharacteristics of the adhesive in the detachable interface may beselected or modified to achieve the desired properties In certainembodiments where the detachable interfaces 150, 160 include anadhesive, the material for a given protective element can be selected sothat it forms a relative weak bond with adhesive, allowing forreasonably easy separation.

Alternatively, any one protective element may include a release materialto reduce or minimize the bond strength at the detachable interface.Suitable release materials include, but are not limited to, low surfaceenergy materials such as silicones, epoxy silicones cured by photo-acidgenerated crosslinking, fluorosilicones, silicone acrylates,perfluoropolyether and other fluorochemical materials, olefin materials,long-chain hydrocarbon-functional materials, and copolymers and mixturesthereof. The release materials may be coated on a backing including butnot limited to paper or polymeric films.

In some embodiments, the detachable interface 150 can include a layer ofhook material which is bonded with or otherwise attached to the firstprotective element 110 at the top major surface thereof. The hookmaterial may interlock with the protective element 122 of the secondbody 120 or a layer of loop material which is bonded to a bottom majorsurface thereof. It is contemplated that any commercially available hookand loop connector system, including those available from 3M Company,can be utilized. Hook and loop connector systems are but one type ofmechanical interlocking connector systems which are suggested by thisembodiment. By mechanical interlocking, it is meant those fastenerswhere at least one of the connector elements undergoes some macroscopicdeformation (preferably plastic deformation) so that a mechanicalinterference results between plural components. Many differentmodifications of the inter-engaging elements are designed based on therequisite force and manner of separation between the cooperating layersof such a separable connector system. Some exemplary separableconnectors are described in, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,572,945;7,781,056; 6,403,206; and 6,972,141, all of which are incorporated byreference in their entirety herein.

In another embodiment, a detachable interface can include a backinghaving opposing major surfaces, with each major surface including alayer of hook material. Each layer of hook material is adapted tointerlock with either a corresponding loop material or a protectiveelement. Suitable backing materials include plastic and elastomericmaterials, and mixtures or blend thereof.

Under certain circumstances, the separable connector can bereconstituted for reuse even after separation. For example, a detachableinterface 150, 160 can be realigned and pressure applied across a majorsurface to cause another mechanical interlocking. As another example, aseparable connector featuring one or more layers of adhesive and/or gelcan allow for one or more of the bonds (e.g., ionic, Van der Waals) toreform.

A presently preferred detachable interface can provide sufficientstrength along the general plane of its separation so that, depending onthe specific application, the detachable interface will not fail basedon the use or movement of the furniture pad 100. The interface canprovide an internal static shear strength in a direction parallel to thegeneral plane for supporting the object during movement and providing alevel of resiliency to the pad 100.

Attachment of the pad 100 to the furniture can be achieved with a layerof pressure sensitive adhesive 180 on the top surface of the protectiveelement of the third pad body 130. Alternatively, the pad may beattached by traditional mechanical fasteners (e.g., a screw or a nail),single part or two-part epoxies or liquid adhesives, or intermeshingelements, such as the hook and loop connections used for detachableinterfaces 150, 160.

The furniture pads 100 described herein may be attached or adhered, forexample, to one or more legs of an article of furniture or may beattached to a table base or pedestal. When the furniture glide(s) areattached to a table base or pedestal, multiple furniture glides may beused. In addition, as known to those skilled in the art, the table baseor pedestal may comprise multiple legs or prongs that each may have oneor more furniture pads attached thereto.

FIG. 3 depicts the removal of a pad body 110 from a furniture pad 100coupled to a furniture leg 200. As depicted, a furniture pad 100 isattached to the leg 200, with the protective surface 104 available toengage the floor. As the protective surface 104 is worn or dirtied, thefirst pad body 110 can be separated at detachable interface 150. Oncethe first pad body is removed, the second pad body provides a newprotective surface 126 for the furniture leg 200.

The furniture pad 100 may be provided preassembled or as a modular kitof pad bodies, allowing the user to select the precise number pad bodiesneeded for a given object. The kit may include any number of pad bodiesof the same or different thicknesses. In some embodiments, thedetachable interface elements can also be provided separate from theindividual protective elements, requiring the user to assemble the padbodies prior to stacking. The modular kit can also allow a user toreplace a worn or sullied pad body with a new version or replace afailing interface. In some embodiments, the pad bodies may include aplurality of separable or separated pad segments, as described inco-filed provisional patent application with the Attorney Docket Number80512US002, entitled RESIZABLE FURNITURE PAD and incorporated byreference in its entirety herein.

FIG. 4 depicts another embodiment of a restorable furniture pad 400according to the present disclosure. Like pad 100 of FIGS. 1-2, the pad400 includes a protective element 412 defining a protective surface 404and an outer attachment surface 402 at the top of the pad. Instead ofone or more additional pad bodies, the pad 400 includes a plurality ofstacked adhesive connectors arranged above the top, second major surfaceof the protective element 412. Though pad 400 includes three distinctadhesive connectors in the stack, those skilled in the art willappreciate that the furniture pads of the present disclosure can includemore or fewer layers of adhesive as desired. For instance, it may bepossible to realize at least some of the certain benefits of thedisclosure with two separable adhesive layers. In presently preferredimplementations, however, the furniture pad includes three or moreseparable adhesive layers. In some embodiments, the pad 400 may includea plurality of separable or separated pad segments, as described inco-filed provisional patent application with the Attorney Docket Number80512US002, entitled RESIZABLE FURNITURE PAD and incorporated byreference in its entirety herein.

In one exemplary embodiment, each separable adhesive connector includesan adhesive layer 432, 442, 452 and a release liner 434, 444, 454. Therelease liner protects the adhesive layer during manufacturing, transit,and use. When one desires to use or refresh the pad, one can peel orremove the release liner to expose the next detachable adhesiveconnector in the stack, as seen in FIG. 5. The pad can then be cleaned,reinforced, and/or reapplied to the desired location.

The adhesive layers 432, 442, 452 may have the same thickness, or adifferent thickness depending on desired orientation of the layer.Adhesive layers can be the same as one another or disparate from oneanother. Disparate, in this context, is used to describe substantialdifferences in composition or adhesive performance. Adhesive layers caneach be a single layer or can be multilayer. Adhesive layers can each becontinuous or discontinuous (e.g., patterned) across the major surfacesof the protective element or release liner. Suitable adhesives includeany of those listed above.

Examples of suitable liners include paper, e.g., kraft paper, orpolymeric films, e.g., polyethylene, polypropylene or polyester. Atleast one surface of the liner can be treated with a release agent suchas silicone, a fluorochemical, or other low surface energy based releasematerial to provide a release liner. Suitable release liners and methodsfor treating liners are described in, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,472,480,4,980,443 and 4,736,048, and incorporated herein. The release liners canbe printed with lines, brand indicia, or other information.

The liners may also include a tab (not shown) extending beyond theperiphery of the protective element 410 and an adhesive layer. The tabcan facilitate removal of an adhesive layer from the pad 400 when theadhesive connection between and furniture begins to deteriorate. Theworn adhesive connector can more easily be separated by grasping the taband pulling the liner away from the pad 400, removing an adhesive layerfrom the stack.

Thus, it can be seen that the furniture pads described herein cancompensate for the unevenness of floors and other surfaces and allowarticles of furniture to be moved and self-leveled.

In addition, it is also contemplated that furniture pads describedherein can be applied to other legged objects, including appliances(washers, dryers, etc.) that also require leveling.

Additionally, the furniture pads may easily accommodate furniture withunequal length legs. In such an instance, due to manufacturinginconsistencies, sloping or uneven floors, or other occurrences, thevarious legs of a table, chair, bottom of a bookcase, etc. may not restin a level fashion upon a floor surface. By using the furniture pads ofthe present disclosure exemplified herein, particularly those of FIGS.1-3, such unlevel sitting pieces of furniture may be made to sit level,and unequal length legs may be “made equal” to provide a piece offurniture that does not rock or shake when used. This solution towobbling furniture and unequal length legs provides a quick, easy andattractive solution to such unstable pieces of furniture. An addedadvantage is that the pad bodies used to make a piece of furniture notwobble will stay in place as the furniture is even just slightly movedor moved from room to room. The pads may be made in a variety ofthicknesses and stacked to solve a variety of unlevel furnituresituations yet provide a way to easily slide furniture withoutscratching flooring surfaces.

The furniture pads of the present disclosure may be manufacturedaccording to any available technique, including those described in USPublication Nos. 2005/0003723 (Brouard et al.) and US2016/0157608(Gergonne et al.).

The recitation of all numerical ranges by endpoint is meant to includeall numbers subsumed within the range (i.e., the range 1 to 10 includes,for example, 1, 1.5, 3.33, and 10).

The patents, patent documents, and patent applications cited herein areincorporated by reference in their entirety as if each were individuallyincorporated by reference. It will be apparent to those of ordinaryskill in the art that various changes and modifications may be madewithout deviating from the inventing concepts set from above. Thus, thescope of the present disclosure should not be limited to the structuresdescribed herein. Those having skill in the art will appreciate thatmany changes may be made to the details of the above-describedembodiments and implementations without departing from the underlyingprinciples thereof. Further, various modifications and alterations ofthe present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the artwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scopeof the present application should, therefore, be determined only by thefollowing claims and equivalents thereof

We claim:
 1. A furniture pad comprising: a first pad body comprising afirst protective element; a second pad body comprising a secondprotective element; and a third pad body comprising a third protectiveelement, wherein the first and second pad bodies are coupled by a firstdetachable interface, and wherein the second and third pad bodies arecoupled by a second detachable interface.
 2. A furniture pad comprising:a first pad body comprising a first protective element having a firstmajor surface and second major surface; a plurality of adhesive layersarranged in a vertical stack above the first major surface.
 3. Thefurniture pad of claim 2, wherein each adhesive layer of the pluralityof adhesive layers is separated from an adjacent adhesive layer by arelease liner.
 4. (canceled)
 5. A furniture pad kit comprising a firstpad body and a plurality of adhesive elements, each adhesive elementincluding an adhesive layer and release liner.
 6. A furniture padaccording to claim 1, wherein the first detachable interface comprises alayer of hook material attached to a top major surface of the firstprotective element.
 7. A furniture pad according to claim 6, wherein thefirst detachable interface includes a layer of loop material bonded to abottom major surface of the second pad body.
 8. A furniture padaccording to claim 6, wherein the hook material interlocks with thesecond protective element.
 9. A furniture pad according to claim 1,wherein at least one of the first and second protective elementsincludes polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon,or polytetrafluoroethylene.
 10. A furniture pad according to claim 2,wherein each layer of the plurality of adhesive layers has the samethickness.
 11. A furniture pad according to claim 2, wherein at leastone adhesive layer of the plurality of adhesive layers has a differentthickness from at least one other adhesive layer of the plurality ofadhesive layers.
 12. A furniture pad according to claim 2, wherein atleast one adhesive layer of the plurality of adhesive layers is adiscontinuous adhesive layer.
 13. A furniture pad according to claim 3,wherein each release liner includes a tab.
 14. A furniture pad accordingto claim 2, wherein the plurality of adhesive layers consists of twoadhesive layers.
 15. The furniture pad according to claim 2, and furthercomprising a second pad body comprising a second protective element, andwherein the first and second pad bodies are coupled by a firstdetachable interface disposed on a surface of the first protectiveelement opposite the plurality of adhesive layers.
 16. The furniture padaccording to claim 15, wherein the first detachable interface comprisesa layer of hook material attached to the first protective element.
 17. Afurniture pad according to claim 16, wherein the first detachableinterface includes a layer of loop material bonded to a bottom majorsurface of the second pad body.
 18. A furniture pad according to claim16, wherein the hook material interlocks with the second protectiveelement.